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Genome Res ; 27(1): 165-173, 2017 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28003435

RESUMEN

Given the central role of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of common neurodegenerative disorders, it is critical that mechanistic studies in human tissue are interpreted in a genetically enlightened context. To address this, we performed exome sequencing and copy number variant analysis on 1511 frozen human brains with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD, n = 289), frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FTD/ALS, n = 252), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD, n = 239), Parkinson's disease (PD, n = 39), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB, n = 58), other neurodegenerative, vascular, or neurogenetic disorders (n = 266), and controls with no significant neuropathology (n = 368). Genomic DNA was extracted from brain tissue in all cases before exome sequencing (Illumina Nextera 62 Mb capture) with variants called by FreeBayes; copy number variant (CNV) analysis (Illumina HumanOmniExpress-12 BeadChip); C9orf72 repeat expansion detection; and APOE genotyping. Established or likely pathogenic heterozygous, compound heterozygous, or homozygous variants, together with the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions and a copy number gain of APP, were found in 61 brains. In addition to known risk alleles in 349 brains (23.9% of 1461 undergoing exome sequencing), we saw an association between rare variants in GRN and DLB. Rare CNVs were found in <1.5% of brains, including copy number gains of PRPH that were overrepresented in AD. Clinical, pathological, and genetic data are available, enabling the retrieval of specific frozen brains through the UK Medical Research Council Brain Banks Network. This allows direct access to pathological and control human brain tissue based on an individual's genetic architecture, thus enabling the functional validation of known genetic risk factors and potentially pathogenic alleles identified in future studies.


Asunto(s)
Encéfalo/patología , Variaciones en el Número de Copia de ADN/genética , Secuenciación del Exoma/métodos , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/genética , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/patología , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/genética , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/patología , Investigación Biomédica , Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob/genética , Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob/patología , ADN/genética , Demencia Frontotemporal/genética , Demencia Frontotemporal/patología , Genotipo , Humanos , Enfermedad de Parkinson/genética , Enfermedad de Parkinson/patología
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Genet Med ; 21(4): 904-912, 2019 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30214067

RESUMEN

PURPOSE: To systematically study somatic variants arising during development in the human brain across a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders. METHODS: In this study we developed a pipeline to identify somatic variants from exome sequencing data in 1461 diseased and control human brains. Eighty-eight percent of the DNA samples were extracted from the cerebellum. Identified somatic variants were validated by targeted amplicon sequencing and/or PyroMark® Q24. RESULTS: We observed somatic coding variants present in >10% of sampled cells in at least 1% of brains. The mutational signature of the detected variants showed a predominance of C>T variants most consistent with arising from DNA mismatch repair, occurred frequently in genes that are highly expressed within the central nervous system, and with a minimum somatic mutation rate of 4.25 × 10-10 per base pair per individual. CONCLUSION: These findings provide proof-of-principle that deleterious somatic variants can affect sizeable brain regions in at least 1% of the population, and thus have the potential to contribute to the pathogenesis of common neurodegenerative diseases.


Asunto(s)
Encéfalo/metabolismo , Reparación de la Incompatibilidad de ADN/genética , Exoma/genética , Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas/genética , Encéfalo/patología , Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas/diagnóstico , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Mutación , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Secuenciación del Exoma
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Acta Neuropathol ; 138(2): 237-250, 2019 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31131421

RESUMEN

The genetic variant rs72824905-G (minor allele) in the PLCG2 gene was previously associated with a reduced Alzheimer's disease risk (AD). The role of PLCG2 in immune system signaling suggests it may also protect against other neurodegenerative diseases and possibly associates with longevity. We studied the effect of the rs72824905-G on seven neurodegenerative diseases and longevity, using 53,627 patients, 3,516 long-lived individuals and 149,290 study-matched controls. We replicated the association of rs72824905-G with reduced AD risk and we found an association with reduced risk of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We did not find evidence for an effect on Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS) risks, despite adequate sample sizes. Conversely, the rs72824905-G allele was associated with increased likelihood of longevity. By-proxy analyses in the UK Biobank supported the associations with both dementia and longevity. Concluding, rs72824905-G has a protective effect against multiple neurodegenerative diseases indicating shared aspects of disease etiology. Our findings merit studying the PLCγ2 pathway as drug-target.


Asunto(s)
Demencia/genética , Longevidad/genética , Mutación , Fosfolipasa C gamma/genética , Alelos , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/genética , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/genética , Encéfalo/inmunología , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/patología , Demencia Frontotemporal/genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Humanos , Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy/genética , Microglía/metabolismo , Esclerosis Múltiple/genética , Neuroimagen , Enfermedad de Parkinson/genética , Riesgo
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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ; 89(8): 813-816, 2018 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29332010

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Several studies suggest that multiple rare genetic variants in genes causing monogenic forms of neurodegenerative disorders interact synergistically to increase disease risk or reduce the age of onset, but these studies have not been validated in large sporadic case series. METHODS: We analysed 980 neuropathologically characterised human brains with Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease-dementia with Lewy bodies (PD-DLB), frontotemporal dementia-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FTD-ALS) and age-matched controls. Genetic variants were assessed using the American College of Medical Genetics criteria for pathogenicity. Individuals with two or more variants within a relevant disease gene panel were defined as 'oligogenic'. RESULTS: The majority of oligogenic variant combinations consisted of a highly penetrant allele or known risk factor in combination with another rare but likely benign allele. The presence of oligogenic variants did not influence the age of onset or disease severity. After controlling for the single known major risk allele, the frequency of oligogenic variants was no different between cases and controls. CONCLUSIONS: A priori, individuals with AD, PD-DLB and FTD-ALS are more likely to harbour a known genetic risk factor, and it is the burden of these variants in combination with rare benign alleles that is likely to be responsible for some oligogenic associations. Controlling for this bias is essential in studies investigating a potential role for oligogenic variation in neurodegenerative diseases.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/genética , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/genética , Encéfalo/patología , Demencia Frontotemporal/genética , Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy/genética , Enfermedad de Parkinson/genética , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Alelos , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/patología , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/patología , Femenino , Demencia Frontotemporal/patología , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Variación Genética , Genotipo , Humanos , Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy/patología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Enfermedad de Parkinson/patología
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Alzheimers Dement ; 14(12): 1632-1639, 2018 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30114415

RESUMEN

INTRODUCTION: A minority of patients with sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit de novo germ line mutations in the autosomal dominant genes such as APP, PSEN1, or PSEN2. We hypothesized that negatively screened patients may harbor somatic variants in these genes. METHODS: We applied an ultrasensitive approach based on single-molecule molecular inversion probes followed by deep next generation sequencing of 11 genes to 100 brain and 355 blood samples from 445 sporadic patients with AD (>80% exhibited an early onset, <66 years). RESULTS: We identified and confirmed nine somatic variants (allele fractions: 0.2%-10.8%): two APP, five SORL1, one NCSTN, and one MARK4 variants by independent amplicon-based deep sequencing. DISCUSSION: Two of the SORL1 variant might have contributed to the disease, the two APP variants were interpreted as likely benign and the other variants remained of unknown significance. Somatic variants in the autosomal dominant AD genes may not be a common cause of sporadic AD, including early onset cases.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad/genética , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Genes Dominantes/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mutación
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Acta Neuropathol ; 134(2): 221-240, 2017 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28349199

RESUMEN

Human-to-human transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has occurred through medical procedures resulting in iatrogenic CJD (iCJD). One of the commonest causes of iCJD was the use of human pituitary-derived growth hormone (hGH) to treat primary or secondary growth hormone deficiency. As part of a comprehensive tissue-based analysis of the largest cohort yet collected (35 cases) of UK hGH-iCJD cases, we describe the clinicopathological phenotype of hGH-iCJD in the UK. In the 33/35 hGH-iCJD cases with sufficient paraffin-embedded tissue for full pathological examination, we report the accumulation of the amyloid beta (Aß) protein associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the brains and cerebral blood vessels in 18/33 hGH-iCJD patients and for the first time in 5/12 hGH recipients who died from causes other than CJD. Aß accumulation was markedly less prevalent in age-matched patients who died from sporadic CJD and variant CJD. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that Aß, which can accumulate in the pituitary gland, was present in the inoculated hGH preparations and had a seeding effect in the brains of around 50% of all hGH recipients, producing an AD-like neuropathology and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), regardless of whether CJD neuropathology had occurred. These findings indicate that Aß seeding can occur independently and in the absence of the abnormal prion protein in the human brain. Our findings provide further evidence for the prion-like seeding properties of Aß and give insights into the possibility of iatrogenic transmission of AD and CAA.


Asunto(s)
Péptidos beta-Amiloides/metabolismo , Sistema Nervioso Central/efectos de los fármacos , Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob/terapia , Hormona de Crecimiento Humana/uso terapéutico , Adolescente , Adulto , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Apolipoproteínas E/genética , Apolipoproteínas E/metabolismo , Sistema Nervioso Central/metabolismo , Estudios de Cohortes , Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob/genética , Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob/patología , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Proteínas Priónicas , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Resultado del Tratamiento , Reino Unido/epidemiología , Secuenciación del Exoma , Adulto Joven , Proteínas tau/metabolismo
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1847(11): 1401-11, 2015 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26014345

RESUMEN

Mitochondrial dysfunction is observed in both the aging brain, and as a core feature of several neurodegenerative diseases. A central mechanism mediating this dysfunction is acquired molecular damage to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). In addition, inherited stable mtDNA variation (mitochondrial haplogroups), and inherited low level variants (heteroplasmy) have also been associated with the development of neurodegenerative disease and premature neural aging respectively. Herein we review the evidence for both inherited and acquired mtDNA mutations contributing to neural aging and neurodegenerative disease. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Aging.


Asunto(s)
ADN Mitocondrial/genética , Mutación , Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas/genética , Adenosina Trifosfato/biosíntesis , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/genética , Animales , Humanos , Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy/genética , Accidente Cerebrovascular/genética
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Neurogenetics ; 16(1): 65-7, 2015 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25418441

RESUMEN

Mutations in STXBP1 have recently been identified as a cause of infantile epileptic encephalopathy. The underlying mechanism of the disorder remains unclear and, recently, several case reports have described broad and progressive neurological phenotypes in addition to early-onset epilepsy. Herein, we describe a patient with early-onset epilepsy who subsequently developed a progressive neurological phenotype including parkinsonism in her early teens. A de novo mutation in STXBP1 (c.416C>T, p.(Pro139Leu)) was detected with exome sequencing together with profound impairment of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain on muscle biopsy. These findings implicate a secondary impairment of mitochondrial function in the progressive nature of the disease phenotype.


Asunto(s)
Complejo I de Transporte de Electrón/deficiencia , Epilepsia/genética , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/genética , Proteínas Munc18/genética , Mutación Missense , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/genética , Encéfalo/fisiopatología , Niño , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Electroencefalografía , Complejo I de Transporte de Electrón/genética , Epilepsia/complicaciones , Exoma , Femenino , Humanos , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/complicaciones , Trastornos Parkinsonianos/complicaciones , Fenotipo
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Neurogenetics ; 13(1): 93-6, 2012 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22278127

RESUMEN

Neuroferritinopathy is an autosomal dominant progressive movement disorder which occurs due to mutations in the ferritin light chain gene (FTL1). It presents in mid-adult life and is the only autosomal dominant disease in a group of conditions termed neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). We performed brain MRI scans on 12 asymptomatic descendants of known mutation carriers. All three harbouring the pathogenic c.460InsA mutation showed iron deposition; these findings show pathological iron accumulation begins in early childhood which is of major importance in understanding and developing treatment for NBIA.


Asunto(s)
Encefalopatías Metabólicas Innatas/patología , Encefalopatías Metabólicas Innatas/fisiopatología , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/patología , Hierro/metabolismo , Distrofias Neuroaxonales/patología , Distrofias Neuroaxonales/fisiopatología , Adolescente , Adulto , Apoferritinas/genética , Apoferritinas/metabolismo , Niño , Humanos , Trastornos del Metabolismo del Hierro , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Mutación , Adulto Joven
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 303(3): R270-8, 2012 Aug 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22696578

RESUMEN

Exposure to chorioamnionitis is strongly associated with neurodevelopmental disability after premature birth; however, it remains unclear whether subclinical infection affects functional EEG maturation. Chronically instrumented 103-104-day-old (0.7 gestational age: term 147 days) fetal sheep in utero were randomized to receive either gram-negative LPS by continuous low-dose infusion (100 ng iv over 24 h, followed by 250 ng/24 h for 4 days; n = 6) or the same volume of normal saline (n = 9). Arterial plasma cortisol, ACTH, and IL-6 were measured. The delta (0-3.9 Hz), theta (4-7.9 Hz), alpha (8-12.9 Hz), and beta (13-22 Hz) components of the EEG were determined by power spectral analysis. Brains were taken after 10 days for histopathology. There were no changes in blood gases, cardiovascular variables, or EEG power during LPS infusion, but a transient rise in plasma cortisol and IL-6 (P < 0.05). LPS infusion was associated with loss of the maturational increase to higher frequency activity, with reduced alpha and beta power, and greater delta power than saline controls from 6 to 10 days (P < 0.05). Histologically, LPS was associated with increased numbers of microglia and TNF-α-positive cells in the periventricular white matter and frontoparietal cortex, increased caspase-3-positive cells in white matter, but no loss of CNPase-positive oligodendrocytes, Nurr-1 subplate cells, or gyral complexity. These data suggest that low-dose endotoxin exposure can impair EEG maturation in preterm fetal sheep in association with neural inflammation but without hemodynamic disturbances or cortical injury.


Asunto(s)
Encéfalo/efectos de los fármacos , Encéfalo/embriología , Electroencefalografía/efectos de los fármacos , Endotoxinas/farmacología , Feto/efectos de los fármacos , Feto/embriología , Ritmo alfa/efectos de los fármacos , Ritmo alfa/fisiología , Animales , Ritmo beta/efectos de los fármacos , Ritmo beta/fisiología , Encéfalo/citología , Caspasa 3/metabolismo , Ritmo Delta/efectos de los fármacos , Ritmo Delta/fisiología , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Femenino , Feto/fisiología , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Microglía/citología , Modelos Animales , Embarazo , Ovinos , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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Pediatr Res ; 71(4 Pt 1): 345-53, 2012 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22391634

RESUMEN

INTRODUCTION: This study examined whether spectral analysis of the electroencephalogram (EEG) can discriminate between mild and severe hypoxic-ischemic injury in the immature brain. RESULTS: Total EEG power was profoundly suppressed after umbilical cord occlusion and recovered to baseline by 5 h after 15-min of occlusion, in contrast with transient recovery in the 25-min (P < 0.05). Power spectra were not different between groups in the first 3 h; α and ß power were significantly higher in the 15-min group from 4 h, and Δ and θ power from 5 h (P < 0.05). The 25-min group showed severe neuronal loss in hippocampal regions and basal ganglia at 3 days, in contrast with no/minimal injury in the 15-min group. DISCUSSION: EEG power after asphyxia did not discriminate between mild and severe injury in the first 3 h in preterm fetal sheep. Severe subcortical neural injury was associated with persistent loss of high-frequency activity. METHODS: Chronically instrumented fetal sheep at 0.7 gestation (101-104 days; term is 147 days) received either 15-min (n = 13) or 25-min (n = 13) of complete umbilical cord occlusion. The Δ (0-3.9 Hz), θ (4-7.9 Hz), α (8-12.9 Hz), and ß (13-22 Hz) components of the EEG were determined by power spectral analysis. Brains were taken at 3 days for histopathology.


Asunto(s)
Asfixia/metabolismo , Encéfalo/embriología , Electroencefalografía/métodos , Preñez , Animales , Dióxido de Carbono/química , Electromiografía/métodos , Femenino , Hipocampo/patología , Hipoxia/patología , Isquemia/patología , Neuronas/patología , Perfusión , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Embarazo , Ovinos , Factores de Tiempo , Cordón Umbilical/patología
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Science ; 364(6442)2019 05 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31123110

RESUMEN

Approximately 2.4% of the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome exhibits common homoplasmic genetic variation. We analyzed 12,975 whole-genome sequences to show that 45.1% of individuals from 1526 mother-offspring pairs harbor a mixed population of mtDNA (heteroplasmy), but the propensity for maternal transmission differs across the mitochondrial genome. Over one generation, we observed selection both for and against variants in specific genomic regions; known variants were more likely to be transmitted than previously unknown variants. However, new heteroplasmies were more likely to match the nuclear genetic ancestry as opposed to the ancestry of the mitochondrial genome on which the mutations occurred, validating our findings in 40,325 individuals. Thus, human mtDNA at the population level is shaped by selective forces within the female germ line under nuclear genetic control, which ensures consistency between the two independent genetic lineages.


Asunto(s)
ADN Mitocondrial/genética , Genoma Mitocondrial , Herencia Materna , Óvulo/crecimiento & desarrollo , Selección Genética , Femenino , Variación Genética , Humanos
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Sports Med ; 38(10): 863-78, 2008.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18803437

RESUMEN

There are a multitude of well recognized hip and groin injuries that commonly affect athletes; however, a more recently recognized and possibly often overlooked cause of hip pain is that of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). FAI is characterized by abutment of the femoral neck against the acetabular rim, which may occur by two mechanisms known as 'CAM' or 'pincer' impingement, although most commonly by a mixture of both. CAM impingement is characterized by abutment of the femoral neck against the acetabulum due to a morphological abnormality of the femoral head-neck junction. Pincer impingement occurs where an abnormality of the acetabulum results in impingement against an often normal femoral neck. Both CAM and pincer impingement are known to result in pathological consequences of cartilage delamination and labral lesions, leading to significant pain and disruption to athletic performance and activities of daily living in athletes. There are currently several methods of assessing the degree of impingement by use of CT and magnetic resonance imaging scans, which can be used in conjunction with magnetic resonance arthrography and arthroscopy to assess the damage caused to the underlying structures of the hip. Both open and arthroscopic surgical methods are used, with recent reports in athletes showing excellent results for lifestyle improvement and frequency of returning to sport. In cases of hip and groin pain in athletes, it is important to remember to look for typical history, and examination and imaging findings that may suggest a diagnosis of hip impingement. This article goes some way to explaining the principles, consequences and management of FAI.


Asunto(s)
Acetábulo/lesiones , Traumatismos en Atletas/etiología , Cabeza Femoral/lesiones , Lesiones de la Cadera/etiología , Articulación de la Cadera/patología , Artropatías/etiología , Acetábulo/patología , Artroscopía , Traumatismos en Atletas/fisiopatología , Traumatismos en Atletas/cirugía , Fenómenos Biomecánicos , Enfermedades de los Cartílagos/etiología , Enfermedades de los Cartílagos/fisiopatología , Cabeza Femoral/patología , Lesiones de la Cadera/fisiopatología , Lesiones de la Cadera/cirugía , Lesiones de la Cadera/terapia , Humanos , Artropatías/fisiopatología
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Nat Commun ; 9(1): 4257, 2018 10 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30323172

RESUMEN

Somatic mutations during stem cell division are responsible for several cancers. In principle, a similar process could occur during the intense cell proliferation accompanying human brain development, leading to the accumulation of regionally distributed foci of mutations. Using dual platform >5000-fold depth sequencing of 102 genes in 173 adult human brain samples, we detect and validate somatic mutations in 27 of 54 brains. Using a mathematical model of neurodevelopment and approximate Bayesian inference, we predict that macroscopic islands of pathologically mutated neurons are likely to be common in the general population. The detected mutation spectrum also includes DNMT3A and TET2 which are likely to have originated from blood cell lineages. Together, these findings establish developmental mutagenesis as a potential mechanism for neurodegenerative disorders, and provide a novel mechanism for the regional onset and focal pathology in sporadic cases.


Asunto(s)
Encéfalo/metabolismo , Variación Genética , Células Clonales , Estudios de Asociación Genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Técnicas de Genotipaje , Humanos , Mutación/genética , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
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